[Talk-GB] UK-ST LEONARDS-ON SEA: CYCLE DATA COLLECTION & MANAGEMENT CONTRACT

[Andy Allan]

Out of interest, how much would one of these tenders go for i.e. how
much do people pay in the "real world" for this kind of thing? Are we
talking £500, £50,000, £250,000?

Cheers,
Andy

On Thu, Jun 4, 2009 at 2:15 PM, Peter Miller <peter.miller at itoworld.com> wrote:
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> The DfT have just published a contract out for the collection and
> management of cycle data for St Leonards on Sea
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> "Lot 1. Cycle data collection. Undertaking cycle surveys to extend the
> Ordnance Survey Integrated Transport Network to include information
> about existing cycling infrastructure and where cycling is permitted
> and recommended. Cycle data will be provided in accordance to
> CycleNetXChange specification (http://www.cyclenetxchange.org.uk/).
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> "Lot 2 - Cycle data management. Managing the central database
> including coordinating data collection, journey planner publishing,
> data maintenance and quality assurance activities and managing local
> authorities and data suppliers. These activities are supported through
> the online data management tools provided by Transport Direct.
> http://www.publictenders.net/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=84033
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> Should we give the place a review and ensure it is top notch for
> cycling before the contact is awarded. The roads for the place seems
> to be complete, however there is a distinct lack of footpaths and
> cyclepaths in the town which seems unlikely. There is also a lack of
> paths through parks and there are no cycle lanes/tracks on roads
> according to OpenCycleMap. It might also need work on turn restrictions.
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> The users retselkim, timsc, fyremoon and the_winch seems to be
> reasonably active in the area. It is too far for me to go but might be
> a good venue for a mapping party this summer - south coast, sun, sea,
> ice cream etc ;)
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> Regards,
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> Peter
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